Jacques Verg%C3%A8s

Jacques Vergs was a lawyer who earned fame continually from the 1950s, first as an anticolonialist communist figure and then for defending a long string of wellknown clients, from an anticolonialist Algerian militant, Djamila Bouhired in 19571962 to former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan in 2008. His clients included both leftwing and rightwing terrorists, war criminals, and militants, including Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie , and international terrorist Ilich Ramrez Snchez a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal . In 2002, Vergs offered to represent former Serbian President Slobodan Miloevi, although Miloevi declined any legal advice from any party. The media sensationalized Vergss activities with the sobriquet the Devils advocate, and he himself contributed to his notorious public persona by such acts as titling his autobiography The Brilliant Bastard and giving provocative replies in interviews. He claimed that Id even defend Bush But only if he agrees to

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